| Summary: | The importance of environmental information in public administration in the field of environmental protection in the context of the digitalization of the economy is increasing every day, which is directly related to the improvement of the economic. The article reveals the concept of "environmental information" and the importance of reliable information about the qualitative and quantitative state of natural resources as one of its main parts in the context of aggravated environmental crises. In this regard, an important place is occupied by international norms regarding the formation and provision of environmental information. Analyzing the problem of the implementation of international legal norms in the field of formation of environmental information and ensuring access to it for interested bodies and persons in national legislation, the author substantiates the advisability of Uzbekistan's accession to the Aarhus Convention, which regulates, in particular, the issue of providing access to environmental information. On the basis of a comparative analysis of the current legislation in the field of obtaining and using information, as well as international law, the author analyzed some problems of national legislation (the distinction between the concepts of “request” and “appeal”, lack of detailing the grounds for refusing to provide environmental information, etc.) and proposals were developed to further improve legislation in the field of formation of environmental information and ensure access to it, which are aimed at legal regulation of the collection, storage, updating and provision of global information about the natural resources of the planet, as well as further improvement of the information environmental resource. At the same time, the author proposes to adopt a law "On environmental information", which provides for the concept and types of environmental information and information resources, regulating the right of access to environmental information and its restrictions, as well as transfer the function providing environmental information of state bodies to the Unified Register of Electronic State Services, thus ensuring the possibility of obtaining environmental information about the country's natural resources through the "Electronic Government". © 2022 by authors, all rights reserved.
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